Hydraulic power-transmitting apparatus.



G. R. RADCLIFFB.

HYDRAULIC POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATIOH rum) mm a, 1907.

Patented FebJZI, 1911.

l/W'ENTOH M Q A1 2 MAM-f ATTORNEY WITNESS'S 5 UNITED siiiAf PATENT OFFICE" CARLTON R. RADCLIFFE. OF NEW YORK. N. Y.. ASSIG-NOR, BY MESNE A SSIGNMENTS, TO THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CO., 0]? NEVJ YORK, N. Y., ,A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

HYDRAULIC PO'WER-TRANSMITTING A'EPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented, F I 21, 1911,

i ilpplication filed July 8, l9 O7. Serial No. 882,677.

T 0 all whom it may! concern: I

lie it. known that .I, (amn on ll. ll.\ncon-inc, citizen of the United States, and resident. of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York. have invented certain new and useful lznprm'ements in Hydraulic Power-Transmitzin; Apparatus,- of. which the following is a specification.

. reetion of rotation of the driven n'lember is reversed on reversing the direction of rotation of the driving member.

In power transmitting devices, as heretofore in use, the reversing of the direction of rotation of the driven member is acconn.

gears, necessary to reverse the direction of rotati n of the driven member.

It is now the object of the present in ention to provide a power transmitting apparatus in whicht'he direction of rotation of the driven mcn'ibcr may be reversed by reversing the direction of rotation of the driving member, but which device does away with the usual reversing gears, etc., and the efficiency of the device remains the same rotating in either direction.

The invention consists of an impeller of a centrifugal pump, secured to a shaft, and rotated by means of any suitable source of power. Upon the shaft is loosely mounted a closed casing, inclosing said impeller, and provided with two independent series of vanes, each of said series being similar to the vanes of an ordinary outflow reaction turbine. The casing is filled with a suitable fluid medium and, it will be seen that, in rotating the shaft and the impeller secured thereto a rotary motion is imparted to the fluid, which enters the vanes of the impeller, )artakes of the rotation of the same and leaves the vaucswith a considerable amount and in such a way that the jets or streams flowing! from the vanes of the impeller will impinge onoue or on the other series of vanes and transmit rotation and power to the driven member. The first series is provided for the ahead dircction'andthe second series for the reverse direction. It is obvious that the directions in which these two series of vanes discharge the tiuid arev opposite to each other, therefore thclr blades are bent in the opposite directions.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which' Figure 1 is a cross section of the apparatus parallel to the axis of the same, Figs. 2 and 3 are sections of the apparatus taken on lines at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the apparatus through the forwar'l and reverse buckets. respectively, and Fig. 4 is a modification of the device.

1 indicates a shaft, journaled in bearings 2-2, carried by standards 3, secured to the base or frame 4.

An impeller 5, similar to the impeller of a centrifugal pump, is keyed by means of a key 6 to the shaft, or may be secured to the same in any other suitable manner. The shaft is rotated by any suitable source of power through a driving pulley 7. The impeller 5 is formed of a plurality of radial vanes 8, or of vanes like those of a reaction turbine-wheel. Each of the vanes 8 comprises two inlets 9 and 10, arranged on the opposite sides of the disk, forming the vanes of the impeller. A casing or shell 11 incloses this impeller and is loosely mounted upon the shaft 1. It comprises two parts 12 and 13, having flanges and secured togcther in a manner well known in the art.

impeller 5 have two inlets 9 and 10. It will peller in operative position to either of the.

I is provided and pivoted at 22 to a bracket 23,

i direction of rotation of the driving member cured to the same. Considering the direcwhile the inlets 9 of the vanes are closed by tive to the impeller, so that the operator vanes to the other one.

It and do not diti'er in any essential \va v -from the vanes of an outflow turbine.

; l As stated herei'nhefore, the. vanes 21 of the Q l he observed, that in the position shown inl Fig. l of the drawings, the inlets 10 ot' the vanes S are capable of admitting a thud,

the walls of the part 12 of the casing. It is obvious that in bringing the vanes S in operative position to the vanes 20 of the casing, the inlets 9 will be opened and the inlets 1O closed. In order to bring the imseries of vanes 19 and 20, a shifting lever 21 secured to the standard 3, and opcratively connected to the casing, 11. By means of this lever the casingand the vanes secured thereto may be longitudinally shifted relamay at will direct the fluid, leaving the vanes of the impeller, to either of the series of the vanes 19 or 20.

The construction of the vanes of the impeller and of the casing is shown in details in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, invwhicb, as will be seen, the blades of the vanes of the casing are bent in opposite directions, and will discharge, therefore, the fluid in opposite directions, reversing thereby the direction of rotation of the driven member when reversing the and shifting the same from one series of Power is applied to the shaft through the driving pulley 7 and rotates the impeller setion and position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that the liquid will enter the eye of the impeller through the inlet 10 and will rotate with the same. The centrifugal force forces the liquid toward the periphery o the impeller through the vanes 8, andimparts to the same a velocity of whirl, so that on leaving the vanes the liquid will possess a considerable amount of kinetic energy, due to its velocity of whirl and its radial velocity.

The liquid flows in jets or streams to the vanes 19 of the driven member. impinges on the same and imparts to the same rotation and energy. The liquid then leaves the vanes with a relative velocity which is practically zero and enters again the impeller to start again the circulation described hereinbefore.

It. will be observed that the apparatus described acts like an outward flow reaction turbine, with the exception that the energy, operating the same, is created mechanically by the impeller; in other words it is a turbine havin rotatable guides adapted to create a head. I

The fluid leaves the impeller practically tangentially and enters the vunesol' the runnor changing the direction of the flow as it leaves the same and exerts a pre sure against the surfaces of the vanes in a direction shown by the arrow, moving thus the runner in this direction.

Referring; now to Fig. 3, it is obvious that in reversing the direction of rotation of the impeller, a. the driving member, and shift ing' the ease ll so as to bring the vanes 90 in operative position relative to the impeller, the direction of action of the tluid will be reversed (relative to the direction described in connection with Fig. 2),and the runner will therefore reverse its direction of rota tion. he arrow in Fig. 3 shows this action clearly.

it is a well known fact; in the construction of turbines, that the torque of the driven member is a function of the dili'erenceof speeds of the guides and runner. in this particular case it is a function of the diffcrcnce or the speeds of the impeller and runner. Since the speed of the impeller may be varied at will by varying the speed of the prime mover, driving the driving member, it will be seen that the. torque of the apparatus may be varied in this way. Another way of varying the torque of the runner is to maintain the. speed of the driving member and toing means may be provided for holding the lever-and thereby the casing in an intermediate position. Such locking means are shown at and consist of holes 26 in the standard 3 and a hole 27 in the lever Ql'and a pin 23, which pin may be inserted in the hole 27 of the lever and, when the case is brought in an intermediate position. the pin is pushed into one of the holes 26 of the standard 3. holding thereby the casing against longitudinal movement. It. will be noticed that the torque of the runner may also be varied automatically by the load applied to the runner. As the load increases, the speed of the driven member decreases and, since the torque increases as the difference of the speed of the driving member and driven member decreases, it will be seen that the torque increases as the load increases.

Fig. 4 is a modification of the device, in which the casing 11 is stationary and carries shaft 1 in the bearings 28 and 29. The casing is provided with an inlet. 30 and an outlet 31 for running fluid, which, in being changed from time to time, will decrease the heat, vhich may be created by the rotation of the rotating member. The vanes 19 and 20 are arranged on a spider 32, loosel tnonntml upon the shat't l and adapted to l tl rotate independentl ot' the shaft. To the Spider actske ve .l a disk 32;. so as to rotate. therewith. To this disk may be secured a. driven pulley or any other connection may be made through the same with the apparatus to be driven.

'lhe rperation of this device is practically the same than the operation hereinbetore described. with the exception that in this ease the impeller is shifted relativel)- to the runner.

What I claim is: V

l lna lrvdranlie power transmitting apparatus. the combination with a driving member provided with passages running 111 a direction which has a radial component, o[ a driven member, liquid means adapted to impart the rotation of said driving member to said driven member. means for reversing-the direction of rotation of said 1 driven member on reversing the direction of rotation at said driving member, and means adapted to vary the torque of said driven 111ember when runnmg in rather direction.

'1. In a hydraulic power transntitting apparatus. the eomlnnatton with a driving member provided with passages running 111 a direction winch has a radial component,

ota driven member rotating independently of said driving member. liquid means adapted to impart the rotation of said driving member tosaid driven 111e111her. means for reversing the direction of rotation of said driven member on reversing .the direction of rotation of said driving member, and means adapted to vary the speed of said driven member, when running in either direct ion.

3. n1 a hydraulic power transmitting apparatns. the eombimttion with a driving member provided with passages running in a direction which has a radial component, of a driven n1e111be1' rotating independently of said driving member. means for reversing the direction. of rotation of said driven' member on reversing the direction ofrota- .tion of said driving member. and means adapted to vary the torque of said driven member on varymg the speed thereof, when running in either direction.

driving member-.provid;-d with passages running in :1 direction which has a radial component. of a rotatable driven member. a casing int-losing said' members and containin; a liquid. means for reversing the. direction of rotation of said driven member on reversing the. direction oi" rotation of said driving member, and means for varying the speed of the driven member while maintaining the speed of the driving member;

ti. Ina hydraulic power transndttimg apparatus. the combination with a driving member. ol a driven member comprising two independentseries of vanes, a casing containing a liquid and inelosing said members, and means suited to move said liquid in said driving member centritngally and direct the same from saiddriving member to either series of vanes of said driven member in the plane of rotation of said rotating members, whereby the driven member may be rotated at will in either direction.

' 7. in a hydraulic power transmitting apparatus, the combination with a driving member, of a. rotatable driven member com prising two independent series of vanes. a casing containing a. liquid and inclosing said members, and a plurality of vanes 011 said driving member adapted to direct liquid to either series of vanes of said driven member. whereby the same may be rotated atwill in either direction.

8. In a hydraulic power transmitting apparatus, the. combination with a driving member, of a rotatable driven member, a casing containing a liquid and inclosing said members, a plurality of vanes on said driving member, two independent series of anes on said driven member and arranged concentrically with the vanes of said driving member, the vanes of said driving member being adapted to direct: liquid to either series of vanes of said driven member in the planeof rotation of said rotating members and rotate the same, at will, in either direction.

9. The combination with a rotatable driving member provided with passages running in a direction which has a radial component, of a rotatable driven member. a casing inclosing said 111embers and containing a liquid adapted to transmit power from said driving member to said driven member, means for reversing the direction of rotation of said driven member on reversing the direction of rotation of said driving member, means for controlling the speed and torque of the driven member, and operating means for said speed-, torque-controllingand reversing means.

10. In a hydraulic power transmitting apparatus. the combination with a centrifugal pump impeller, of a turbine-rotor comprismg two independent. series of vanes. and

means for shifting one of said members to establish a continuous hydrziulic circuit lhroughsaid impeller and ell-her series of vanes, at will,

11. In a hydraulic power transmitting apparatus, the combination with :i p1'nna1'y turbine-wheel, of a secondary tnrlnne-n'heel comprising two independent series of vanes,

acasing inclosing said wheels and containing aliquid, and means for shifting one of said wheels, whereby the passages of the primary wheel are brought to COlIiCldG with either series of passages of the secondary wheel, at will, to reverse the direction of rotation of the secondary wheelon reversing,

the direction of rotation of the primarjr 15 wheel. I 1

Signed at- New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 6th day of July, A. l). 1907.

CARLTON R. RADCLIFFF. 

